METRO RAIL PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
● What line has a common corridor with csx trains?. Answer: Blue line
● What is the length, width,height and weight of a metro car?. Answer: 75 ft., 10 ft. wide,
10 ft. 10 inches in height 36-40tons
● How do you remove a window in a train in a dire emergency?. Answer: Use a heavy
striking tool and hit the lower corner.
● Which doors can be opened from the outside using an XX barrel key?. Answer: 2,8,9
● Which doors can be opened from the inside using the pull handles?. Answer: 3,4,9,10
● What does the 750 volt third rail power above the floor of the train?. Answer: the
heater strips and the AC
● What are the 3 types of station?. Answer: Aerial, surface and sub-surface
● If a station goes into emergency power, what type of lighting will you have?. Answer:
25% of the normal lighting and every fourth light on
● What is the fire rating of the metro station and what class construction?. Answer:
Non-combustible and a 2 hour rating
● Every standpipe connection has an ID plate that identifies what 3 things.. Answer: The
shaft number, max vertical drop and max horizontal run.
● How far apart are hose valves in the tunnels and platforms?. Answer: 200 ft.
● Where is the knox box located at the metro station?. Answer: The knox boxes are
located on the first flat wall to the right of the main entrance after the entry gate.
● What do the escalators do when the system in a station goes into alarm?. Answer: if
the fire alarm goes into full activation, the inbound escalators automatically stop; the outbound
continue to run.
● How far apart are the EBT boxes? what number should you dial to get OCC?. Answer:
800 ft., 1970, 1652, 0
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
● What line has a common corridor with csx trains?. Answer: Blue line
● What is the length, width,height and weight of a metro car?. Answer: 75 ft., 10 ft. wide,
10 ft. 10 inches in height 36-40tons
● How do you remove a window in a train in a dire emergency?. Answer: Use a heavy
striking tool and hit the lower corner.
● Which doors can be opened from the outside using an XX barrel key?. Answer: 2,8,9
● Which doors can be opened from the inside using the pull handles?. Answer: 3,4,9,10
● What does the 750 volt third rail power above the floor of the train?. Answer: the
heater strips and the AC
● What are the 3 types of station?. Answer: Aerial, surface and sub-surface
● If a station goes into emergency power, what type of lighting will you have?. Answer:
25% of the normal lighting and every fourth light on
● What is the fire rating of the metro station and what class construction?. Answer:
Non-combustible and a 2 hour rating
● Every standpipe connection has an ID plate that identifies what 3 things.. Answer: The
shaft number, max vertical drop and max horizontal run.
● How far apart are hose valves in the tunnels and platforms?. Answer: 200 ft.
● Where is the knox box located at the metro station?. Answer: The knox boxes are
located on the first flat wall to the right of the main entrance after the entry gate.
● What do the escalators do when the system in a station goes into alarm?. Answer: if
the fire alarm goes into full activation, the inbound escalators automatically stop; the outbound
continue to run.
● How far apart are the EBT boxes? what number should you dial to get OCC?. Answer:
800 ft., 1970, 1652, 0
